Brian May named sole candidate for ASU president

Brian May receives a hug from Texas Tech University system regent Nancy Neal after May was announced as the lone candidate to fill the of the president at Angelo State University during a news conference Monday, Oct. 15, 2012. May will become the fifth president of the university.

Brian May addresses the audience after being named the lone candidate to fill the office of the president at Angelo State University during a news conference Monday, Oct. 15, 2012 at the C.J. Davidson Center. May will become the fifth president of the university.

Brian May addresses the audience after being named the lone candidate to fill the office of the president at Angelo State University during a news conference Monday, Oct. 15, 2012 at the C.J. Davidson Center. May will become the fifth president of the university.

Brian May is congratulated by supporters after being named the lone candidate to fill the office of the president at Angelo State University during a press conference Monday, Oct. 15, 2012. May currently holds the position of the ASU provost and vice president of academic affairs.

Brian May, currently Angelo State University provost and vice president of academic affairs, was named as the sole candidate for the university's president Monday, Oct. 15, 2012 during a news conference at the C.J. Davidson Center. May was picked from a field of nearly 60 application in a nationwide search.

Picked from a field of nearly 60 applicants in a nationwide search, Brian May was announced as the sole candidate for the office of president for Angelo State University Monday, Oct. 15, 2012 during a new conference at the C.J. Davidson Center. May is currently the ASU provost and vice president of academic affairs.

Picked from a field of nearly 60 applicants in a nationwide search, Brian May was announced as the sole candidate for the office of president for Angelo State University Monday, Oct. 15, 2012 during a new conference at the C.J. Davidson Center. May is currently the ASU provost and vice president of academic affairs.

Brian May (right) was named as the sole candidate for the office of president of Angelo State University Monday, Oct. 15, 2012 during a news conference at the C.J. Davidson Center. May was picked from a field of nearly 60 applicants in a nationwide search.

Texas Tech University System chancellor Kent Hance introduced Brian May as the sole candidate for the office of the president for Angelo State University Monday, Oct. 15, 2012 during a conference at the C.J. Davidson Center. May will become the fifth president of the university and already serves as the ASU provost and vice president of academic affairs.